Pseudoxytenanthera ritcheyi (Munro) H.B. Naithani

• Habit
• Culms:
• Culm Diameter: 2.5 - 3.5 cm
• Culm Internode Length: 37 - 45 cm
• Wall thickness: Solid
• Height: 3 - 4.5 meter

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• Identification Features: Culms are covered with deciduous soft, pale-yellow velvety tomentum; Culm-sheaths 15-22 cm long, hispid, with white appressed hairs, concave at apex; Leaves lanceolate, 15-20 cm long, 2-4 cm wide, light green; Inflorescence a large terminal panicle of spicate branchlets bearing dense globular heads; Caryopsis with adherent pericarp, linear, sulcate on hilar side, hilum linear.
• Flowering Cycle:
• Distribution: India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)
• Spacing for Cultivation:4 x 4 meter
• Uses: Fencing, Walking sticks, Umbrella handles, Handicrafts